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Date: 1975
Category: Landmarks
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Identifier: LP1176
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Bristol Byzantine style, designed by Archibald Ponton and William Venn Gough. (1869) - this shot with apologies to archidave, since it is such a blatant ripoff of his style.
The centre of Tavistock in Devon is dominated by the large church and the municipal offices and market, opposite. This building dates from the 1860s, and behind it lies the pannier market and a surrounding lane with a large cafe, food shops and other retail outlets.
The delightful town of East Looe began to boom in the middle of the 19th century with the construction of a railway line linking it to Liskeard, and also the building of the main shipping quay. As part of the investment in the town a lifeboat station was constructed on the seafront in 1866. These days there is a modern lifeboat station nearby, housing an inshore lifeboat. The former lifeboat station is a shop selling holiday merchandise.
This attractive Grade II listed Chapel located off Lower Grove Road, Richmond, was built in 1873 to a design by Sir William Blomfield.
Richmond Cemetery
Gwydir Street, Cambridge [52.202490, 0.139342]
This street in Pertersfield Ward, off Mill Road, was largely developed in the 1870s and is quite typical of this area. The street takes its name from Lord Gwydir who owned much of the land herabouts and who is thought to be the Peter (Burrell) whom Peter's Field, at the top of Mill Road, was named after. Gwydir Forest, in Wales, was once part of the family estate.
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The ground floor of the former granary in Welsh Back, Bristol. The orifices in the spandrels between the arches were the outlets of grain chutes. As will be seen, the ground floor is now a seafood restaurant, one of many such establishments that have been attracted to this area during the "regeneration" of Bristol's waterfront. Older Bristolians will remember that during the 1960s the basement of the building was a jazz club owned by Mr Acker Bilk, the popular Pensford-born clarinettist. I deplore the painting of masonry or brickwork, but here the footings of the building have been painted to match the cream and grey bricks ...quite an attractive effect.
The Old Post Office Pavilion was built in 1899 in the Richardsonian Romanesque Style. It served as the main post office until 1914.
Through the 1980's, 1990's and 2000's, many times when we visited Washington, DC, we went to the observation tower of the Old Post Office. It was free and there never was a wait. The view of the city was fantastic.
Now with the Washington Monument closed until Spring 2019, I expect long lines for the view. But the wait is worth it.
Granddaughter, Rayven, standing in front of the Tower.
On a recent trip I took a self-guided tour of the painted ladies of san francisco...love the architecture.
Finally properly scanned and coloured in (this one with samples of some reference photos I took used to generate the texture of the old stone, since it's such a lovely colour, that weathered Cornish granite.)
This is the upper engine house at United Hills, called John's - there is a whole complex of mining buildings and ruins and quarries and shafts and things on the top of the hill just to the South of Porthtowan, well worth getting in a fight with a furze bush to see it in its autumn glory, with the heather all in bloom.
Although Balliol can claim to be Oxford's oldest college, dating from the 1260s, its present buildings are from much later periods, ranging from the 15th century to the 1960s. The main Waterhouse building on Broad Street dates from 1867-1869.
Ouray is a historic mining town in a deep, narrow valley of the San Juan Mountains. Because of the local scenery and terrain, Ouray calls itself "the Switzerland of America." The Elks lodge is an example of the historic architecture of Ouray.
Pinney House, 1886
Joseph Cather Newsom
225 lima Street, West end of Laurel Avenue
Originally, This Buildig was a large but rather plain hotel on the order of the other Newsom hotel still standing in San Dimas. Then in the [nineteen] thirties a movie company added the outsized spindle work on the porch and the equally mannerist swans neck pediment, both from a house being demolished on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The result is overwhelming.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Sierra Madre, No. 12
George I Cochran Residence (Allen House), 1903
2249 S Harvard Blvd
West Adams Heights. Block 3, portions of Lots 7, 8, 17 & 18
The Cochran residence is a large-scale, shingle-style Craftsman house, on par with the Ultimate-Bungalows designed by the Greenes and the Heinemans. The Garvanza architecture team of Train and Williams designed this magnificient home for George Ira Cochran in 1903. When built, it was desribed as English or Elizabethan in design.
Today it's known as the Allen House and serves as the headquarters of the First AME Church. The First AME has painstakenly restored the residence to original, following U.S. Department of Interior guidelines. The A. E. Hanson designed gardens and fountains have also been restored. Although the property is deserving of National Register designation, it currently is not listed on any historic registry -- city, state, or national.
"Cochran, George Ira, b. July 1, 1863, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; d. June 27, 1949, L.A. Appointed, to fill unexpired term of Regent Phoebe A. Hearst, 1919-46. Education: Law Soc., Osgoode Hall, U. Toronto. Career: moved to Cal., 1888, naturalized, 1893, admitted to Cal. bar, 1888; atty. for L.A. Clearing House, 1893-94; pres., 1906-36, 1945-, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Cal.; assisted in organization of United Electric Gas and Power Co. Mem.: civil service comn., L.A.; efficency comm., L.A. Trustee, state normal sch., L.A.; trustee, treas., U. So. Cal. Dir.: Central Investment Corp., Grand Central Garage, Artesian Water Co., Rosedale Cemetery Assn., Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Co., Seaside Water Co." sunsite.berkeley.edu/~ucalhist/general_history/overview/r...
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Archive.org: Greater Los Angeles and Southern California, 1906: www.archive.org/details/greaterlosangele00burdrich
Archive.org: Greater Los Angeles and Southern California, 1910: www.archive.org/details/greaterlosangele00burd
I have always been fond of this building at 13, St Stephen's Street, Bristol. The books agree that it was built as a warehouse, probably around 1865. No further details are forthcoming and it seems no architect has been identified. It doesn't look very warehouse-like to me, and it seems odd to decorate such a building with teracotta busts of poets ...but what do I know? All the bricks, including the unusual light blue ones, are glazed, and the window cases are also of teracotta.
St Stephen's Street follows the original course of the River Frome which used to flow into the Avon just below Bristol Bridge. It is possible, if you narrow your eyes, to imagine a bend in a river with wooded banks. The river formed a natural moat and these buildings stand on the line of mediaeval Bristol's wall. Through that second archway, in the middle of the picture, is a flight of steps which cuts through to Leonard Lane, at first floor level behind these buildings. This ancient thoroughfare would have corresponded to the ground level on the inside of the fortifications. Starting in 1240, a new course for the River Frome was dug through the marshy ground, known as Canon's Marsh, below the Augustinian abbey ...later the cathedral. The open river was progressively covered and today is hidden from view all the way from Wellington Road to St Augustine's Reach.
A fire in 1904 severely damaged the ceiling in the chamber of the Iowa House of Repesentatives. The chandeliers, plasterwork and other architectural detail seen here were put up after the fire. Not sure about the scores of smaller electric lights.
The interior of the Iowa State Capitol underwent recent restoration, so it is hard to know how much of the paint and guilding - if any - is original, or how faithful the restorations are to the original. But it beats looking at acres of institutional green paint.
A photo such as this produces perspectival aberrations that would make M.C. Escher proud. Aligning the image so any one plane is horizontal or vertical inevitably means other elements that should be horizontal or vertical won't be.
So take your pick: should the column be vertical or should the chandelier hang straight down? Can't have both. What amazing brains we have that correct for this automatically!
Rochdale Town Hall, viewed from the elevated position of St. Chad's parish church, with the College Bank Flats in the background. The body of the town hall is the work of W.H. Crossland and dates from 1871, but when the original tower was destroyed by fire in 1882, Alfred Waterhouse (architect of Manchester Town Hall and a raft of Prudential Assurance offices around the UK) provided its replacement. The building is Grade I listed by English Heritage.
As a regular visitor to the Loire Valley in France, I make the case that - as per the whole array of Renaissance chateaux in that region - UNESCO should add the town halls of the Lancashire and Yorkshire textile towns to their list of World Heritage Sites. They are as magnificent as any chateau or palazzo. Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Halifax, Dewsbury, Morley, Bradford, Leeds...I pick out examples at random. Go, see, and admire.
1904 North Fifth Street, Abilene, Texas: Architectural Description:
This is a 1.5-story, multiple-bay domestic building in the Second Empire style with Eastlake/Queen Anne influences built in 1895. The structural system is frame. Exterior walls are original wood siding. The building has a bellcast mansard roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles. Windows are original wood, 1/1 double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, wrap-around open porch characterized by an integrated (under the main) roof clad in wood shingles with round wood posts on square wood piers.
I drove Colorado's 'million dollar highway' from Durango to Silverson and Ouary in August 1981.
Being a flat-lander, the highway was very scary. A couple of times I wanted to turn around and go back. Fortunately, I didn't.
It was worth the drive up!
Silverton, Colorado in August 1981.
In 2017, the town had a population of 650.
The gingerbread house..this place is so beautiful I love all the millwork! Franklin is the cutest little town filled with tons of gingerbread victorians and impressive Greek Revival homes.
The Pavilion Gardens is an excellent historic venue which superbly shows off the Victorian splendor of Buxton. Situated in the heart of the spa town it is a beautiful example of the heritage that runs throughout the town. With the arrival of the railway in 1863, a boom period was beginning for Buxton and its guest houses and hotels. As a result it was suggested by the Seventh Duke of Devonshire that private citizens should put money into a 'company' to improve amenities in Buxton.
The gardens were designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and his pupil Edward Milner both of whom worked and built many of the greenhouses at Chatsworth House under William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Sir Joseph Paxton and Edward Milner were both outstanding architects and worked to complete some of the most cherished landmarks we have today. This includes Tatton Park, Crystal Palace and Mentmore Towers.
The Pavilion Gardens was first opened in August 1871 and fortunately, at this time there were many people in the town who were willing to put their own money into paying for improvements. The then Duke responded by giving nine acres of “excellent garden ground” (eventually extended to the present 23 acres by later Ducal gifts), to be held in perpetuity on condition they were used exclusively for the purposes of recreation. The prospectus and Form of Application for shares of the Buxton Improvement Company (December 1869) make the objectives of the company clear: "to add to the attractions and increase the prosperity of Buxton".
The Concert Hall, (now known as the Octagon) designed by Buxton Architect, Robert Rippon Duke, was added later and opened in 1875. The Entertainment Stage, soon to be known as the Pavilion Theatre and later as the Hippodrome (cinema), the Playhouse (from 1935) and the Paxton Suite (from 1979) was added in 1889. Owing to the success of the theatre, the company, known since 1889 as the Buxton Gardens Company, decided that the Pavilion Theatre should be extended which led to the building of the Opera House which was opened at Whitsuntide in 1903. The Opera House itself was designed by the prolific theatre designer Frank Matcham and is one of only 17 out of 150 still standing. He also designed the London Palladium, Blackpool Opera House, Tower Theatre and Tower Ballroom, and the London Coliseum.
In 1927, the Buxton Corporation acquired the buildings, gardens and pleasure grounds and the council have managed the site ever since.
A disastrous fire in 1983 destroyed the former Lounge area and the restoration work was completed two years later.
In recent history the Pavilion Gardens have undertaken an extensive restoration project spanning seven years from the completion of the parklands to their natural Victorian splendor in 2004 right through to the refurbishment of the main inner building and the new ultra modern theatre and studio space (The Pavilion Arts Centre) being re-opened in 2010.
The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum. Its first building was built in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677. The present building dates from 1845. It was designed by Charles Cockerell in a classical style and stands on Beaumont Street. One wing of the building is occupied by the Taylor Institution, the modern languages faculty of the university. The main museum contains huge collections of archaeology specimens and fine art.